AP preview of enhanced "it's a small world"

[PirateGuy 815]

The attraction continues to be one of the most popular in the park. You may not ride it, but most people who visit Disneyland on an average day ride Small World.

Really? More popular then Indy, Splash Mt, Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Matterhorn, BTMRR, Space Mountain, and Submarine Voyage? Jungle Cruise is even more popular. I highly doubt that. I go every summer and the only long wait over there is for Princess Fanatasy Faire.

[1FoolishMortal]

^ That is a very good point. Really the only time the ride has CRAZY long lines is during the holiday version. The rest of the year it's only a 30-45 minute wait max.

[Spokker]

Really? More popular then Indy, Splash Mt, Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Matterhorn, BTMRR, Space Mountain, and Submarine Voyage? Jungle Cruise is even more popular. I highly doubt that. I go every summer and the only long wait over there is for Princess Fanatasy Faire.

Yes, really. I don't know if it's popular than all of them, but I would put down money that it has higher daily counts than Splash Mountain, Big Thunder, Jungle Cruise, and the Submarine Voyage.

small world has a much higher capacity than the Matterhorn, Big Thunder, Space Mountain, and especially the Submarine Voyage. Haunted Mansion, Pirates and Jungle Cruise often have short waits just like small world.

The rest of the year it's only a 30-45 minute wait max.

Because the rest of the year the park generally isn't as busy as the Holidays, which is now the busiest time of year. During the holidays you're taking Summer crowds and compressing them into a 3 week time span.

A 30-45 minute wait is really good during the rest of the year, especially considering what a capacity monster small world is.

[Mortimer]

Some could argue the music is just as sacred to the attraction as the other argument debated here. The Sherman brothers serenaded Walt with songs like IASW. The music's historical value is attached to Walt and the attraction. How dare they change the music!!! (I realize they changed the tune for the Christmas version). I'm just saying, how dare they!

[1FoolishMortal]

A 30-45 minute wait is really good during the rest of the year, especially considering what a capacity monster small world is.

That is true....it's not necessarily a bad wait time. What's plainly evident, though, is that the holiday version is much more popular than the regular version, and obviously Disney felt something needed to be done to fix that. That's the point I think people are trying to make.


Also, I think it's a bit far-fetched to say the average DL visitor visits IASW. Every time I've been on that attraction, even during the holiday version, I felt extremely out of place being a male in his 20's. Obviously my age group is not the demographic the ride caters to. Seeing as that a large portion of DL's audience is my age group and adults without children, I'd say it's unfair to claim that most everybody in DL visits IASW. That's simply not the case.

[Spokker]

Also, I think it's a bit far-fetched to say the average DL visitor visits IASW. Every time I've been on that attraction, even during the holiday version, I felt extremely out of place being a male in his 20's. Obviously my age group is not the demographic the ride caters to. Seeing as that a large portion of DL's audience is my age group and adults without children, I'd say it's unfair to claim that most everybody in DL visits IASW. That's simply not the case.

From the original update where Al Lutz claims small world is closing: http://miceage.micechat.com/allutz/al100907d.htm

Teenagers may cringe at the thought of riding it's a small world, but on an average Saturday the old ride can easily see 35,000 or more people float through in one day. Those kind of numbers attest to the simple Walt Disney charm the ride delighted people with at the New York World's Fair, and that still attract tens of thousands of riders per day decades later.

As an adult without children, I have always been delighted to ride small world and appreciate it for what it is.

Some could argue the music is just as sacred to the attraction as the other argument debated here.

They certainly would and I wouldn't dismiss their concerns for a classic attraction as "whining". In any case I wouldn't be replacing the music with Miley Cyrus. She's even more relevant than Mickey and Donald. Why not have her sing the song and teach children about geography?

[PirateGuy 815]

^She'd have to learn it herself.

[Chavez Ravine]

^ I comopletely agree with everything you just said. I, and most people, hardly ride this. I've posted this about 15 times, but no one seems to bring tis up.

You're info says your 15, so you are right, teenagers don't ride Small World. But I will say every family with little kids does, Grandparents do, it's a popular attraction in that respect and it's what makes DL great. The variety of excellent attractions that appeal to a large segment of the population.

[club33az]

From the original update where Al Lutz claims small world is closing: http://miceage.micechat.com/allutz/al100907d.htm


As an adult without children, I have always been delighted to ride small world and appreciate it for what it is.
They certainly would and I wouldn't dismiss their concerns for a classic attraction as "whining". In any case I wouldn't be replacing the music with Miley Cyrus. She's even more relevant than Mickey and Donald. Why not have her sing the song and teach children about geography?

Why do people continue to put up Al Lutz as a source of information???

I usually don't ride IASW. However, when I went to WDW in October, I insisted on riding it there. Because it's a little different. Same thing applies with this situation.

[MasterGracey]

Why do people continue to put up Al Lutz as a source of information???

I usually don't ride IASW. However, when I went to WDW in October, I insisted on riding it there. Because it's a little different. Same thing applies with this situation.

Spokker is citing an article, and you're citing your own personal feelings towards the attraction.

Even if you think that Al Lutz is an unreliable source, he does get some things right, afterall -- he is the one who first reported that characters were being added to "it's a small world," and look at that -- they are being added. I'm not saying Lutz' ridership figures are right, but I'm willing to believe his number more than a couple of opinions from fans who don't like the ride to begin with.